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Funny Tollywoodisms you can't miss

July 16, 2018

Humourist and author Krishna Shastri Devulapalli often makes interesting observations about Indian cinema. As someone who makes fun of pseudo-intellectual but overrated speechifiers like Priyanka Chopra, his social media posts are a thorough treat always.

In his latest post, Devulappali talks about some funny Tollywoodisms in Q&A format. "What is that which every Telugu film director claims he loves the most?Ans: Audien," he says. We see most Telugu directors/producers/writers/actors using this non-existent word for 'audience', which they think is a plural word.

Now this: "What does a Telugu film director's biggest fear? Ans: Plof". Then this: "What English word is used with impunity to mean something other than what it actually means by all Telugu film folk? Ans: Travel".

Finally this: "What does every Telugu director claim he has squeezed out of his lead actor/actress? Ans: Ferformance".